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First published 1962

An Inflation Primer

An Inflation Primer by Melchior Palyi is available as a free PDF, EPUB, and Kindle download at freecapitalists.org.

Author
Melchior Palyi
First published
1962
Format
PDF, EPUB, and Kindle
Pages
160
Publisher
Henry Regnery Company, Chicago
License
Believed to be in the public domain: this work was published in the 1932-1963 window when US copyright had to be renewed after 28 years, and no renewal was found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries. Not independently confirmed.

Money, banking & crises

Melchior Palyi An Inflation Primer

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How long is An Inflation Primer?
160 pages, 1 chapters, and about 33,726 words in the edition this archive serves.
Is An Inflation Primer in the public domain?
Believed so. US works published between 1932 and 1963 kept copyright past 28 years only if someone filed a renewal, and no renewal for this work was found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries. That is a search result rather than a legal opinion: a renewal filed under a shortened title or a different claimant would not have been found. Some copies carry a rights notice, which records the original claim and does not extend a term that lapsed.
Who wrote An Inflation Primer?
Melchior Palyi (1892–1970) was a Hungarian-American economist, educator, and financial expert. He taught at universities in Kiel, Göttingen, and Berlin before moving to the United States, where he taught at the University of Chicago, the University of… This archive holds 2 of Palyi's works.

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15 chapters · 33,726 words · page numbers are this file's

  1. Prefacep. 5
  2. I. Inflation's Syndromep. 11
  3. II. The "Modus Operandi" of Inflationp. 20
  4. III. The Fountainheads of Inflationp. 28
  5. IV. The Vicious Spiralsp. 38
  6. V. Riding on the Inflation Crestp. 49
  7. VI. The Consumer (and Taxpayer_ Be Damnedp. 58
  8. VII. The "Philosophy" of Inflationp. 66
  9. VIII. Creeping Inflation and Intellectual Honestyp. 81
  10. IX. Inflation's Balance Sheet: The Liabilitiesp. 94
  11. X. The Burden of the National Debtp. 108
  12. XI. The Curse of the Debtp. 120
  13. XII. The Dollar on the Sickbedp. 129
  14. XIII. The Sad Predicament of the Fool's Paradisep. 138
  15. Appendixp. 145

About the author

Melchior Palyi 1892–1970

Melchior Palyi (1892–1970) was a Hungarian-American economist, educator, and financial expert. He taught at universities in Kiel, Göttingen, and Berlin before moving to the United States, where he taught at the University of Chicago, the… Read more about Melchior Palyi.

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